Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

Unfortunately, I have forgotten what I want to say. I was waiting too long. In regard to the Minister of State's comment that one cannot make a submission about zoning when the strategy is being considered, I do not accept that zoning and strategic considerations are separate in the way he claims. He referred to jobs as a strategic issue but the question of zoning land for industrial use is relevant in this regard. Similarly, schools are built to cater for residential communities, which need to be zoned. Green belts form part of both the strategy and the zoning aspects of a plan. He is wrong, therefore, to assert that zoning should not be included in submissions made under section 8.

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